robert steve

Software engineer at  interested in security and math.

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experience

Apple

2025   feb -
Security Engineer, Red Team

Penetration testing apple.com online store services for PII and PCI data. Expertise in Linux, networking, and reverse engineering with tools like Ghidra and Eclipse MAT. Developing custom tooling in Java and Python.

2022   jul - 2025 feb
Software Development Engineer

Developed big-data apps for demand prediction and supply planning using Python, Go, AWS, Spark, and Gurobi. Expertise in high speed API/gRPC development. Led Kubernetes microservices and DB modernization projects.

Merck & Co.

2020 - 2022
Global Security Intern / Software Engineering Intern

Developed DLP tools in Python for trade secret protection. Worked on AWS deployments, Splunk dashboards, and insider threat triage.

education

University of Texas at Austin

2018 - 2022
Bachelors of Science in Mathematics

Focus in statistics and computer science

Research Positions

Finance Research Assistant, McCombs School of Business

Forensic finance research on market manipulation and PPP loan fraud. Built web-scraping tools for financial datasets using Python.

Mathematics Directed Reading Program

Simulated heat flow via Monte Carlo methods. Studied BSDEs and financial math modeling under PhD advisors.

Research Assistant, Texas Materials Institute

Worked on semiconductor CVD growth methods.